YSAYE: Sonatas for Solo Violin Nos. 1-6 - Alina Ibragimova

Ysaÿe’s Sonatas for solo violin were sketched out in a fevered twenty-four hours during the summer of 1923, a response to the question of why—in over two hundred years—no one had attempted to follow the path forged by Johann Sebastian Bach. Each of these six new Sonatas is dedicated to and customized around the playing style of a contemporary violinist, and as such they present formidable challenges. Russian virtuoso Alina Ibragimova, whose earlier recording of the Bach Sonatas was revelatory, turns out performances fully worthy of this distinguished ancestry.     

Sonata for solo violin No 1 in G minor Op 27 No 1[18'10]
1
Grave: Lento assai[5'49]
2
Fugato: Molto moderato[4'43]
3
Allegretto poco scherzoso: Amabile[4'39]
4
Finale con brio: Allegro fermo[2'59]
Sonata for solo violin No 2 in A minor Op 27 No 2[13'03]
5
Obsession 'Prélude': Poco vivace[2'22]
6
Malinconia: Poco lento[3'06]
7
Danse des ombres 'Sarabande': Lento[4'23]
8
Les furies: Allegro furioso[3'12]
9
Sonata for solo violin No 3 in D minor 'Ballade' Op 27 No 3[7'46]
Sonata for solo violin No 4 in E minor Op 27 No 4[11'27]
10
Allemanda: Lento maestoso[5'17]
11
Sarabande: Quasi lento[3'22]
12
Finale: Presto ma non troppo[2'48]
Sonata for solo violin No 5 in G major Op 27 No 5[9'54]
13
L'aurore: Lento assai[4'31]
14
Danse rustique: Allegro giocoso molto moderato – Moderato amabile – Tempo 1 – Poco più mosso[5'23]
15
Sonata for solo violin No 6 in E major Op 27 No 6[7'23]